The Grocer’s Daughter
i do not want to be a –
slave –
to the conservative right
i do not want to remain –
with an economic heist
tycoons –
get rich and fat
who can afford –
the current cost of living
still – we blame others
as if the somehow missing
notice –
that each successive –
government
stands here suspiciously –
just whistling
and looking the over way
they shout and point at ‘immigrants’
and still – somehow –
we believe every word that they say
the wealth –
consumed and collected
is it any wonder –
our hope has eloped
and the cost of daily living ejected
conservatism –
it is dead in the water
however – we can rightly blame
the grocer’s daughter
James Garratt – Saturday 1st June 2019
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 